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the man himself or whosoever be nearest, give to him to 
do it; and let him cross himself as well as he can. 
This craft is powerful against every temptation of the 
Devil.” 
(It also appears a conveniently vicarious alternative, 
handy for avoiding a lengthy process of preparation and 
religious exercises. ) 
It may appear that the above specimens are mainly 
concerned with mental or spiritual disorders, but in the 
so-called age of faith, when sickness aud accidents were 
generally attributed either to the agency of the Devil 
and witchcraft, or else accounted as punishments for sin, 
it was natural to seek relief by a judicious mixture of 
reputed medicinal remedies combined with due appeals 
to heaven through the recognised channels as prescribed 
by the authority of Church and tradition. The recipe 
following is taken from the same ancient book, and also 
partakes of the nature of a charm, although the object 
is not the cure of disease, but 
‘¢Bor CATCHING A SWARM OF BEES. 
‘<’Take some earth, throw it with thy right hand 
under thy right foot, and say, ‘I am trying what earth 
avails for everything in the world against spite and 
-against malice, and against the mickle tongue of man, 
and against displeasure.’ Throw over them (the bees) 
some gravel when they swarm, and say, ‘Sit ye my ladies. 
Sink, sink ye to earth down. Never be so wild as to 
the wood to fly. Be ye mindful of my good as every 
man is of meat and estate.’” 
A word of advice isadded: ‘* Against the loss of bees. 
Put a plant of madder on thy hive, then no man will be 
able to steal them while the plant is on the hive.” 
The next authority I shall quote is a learned work, 
called the ‘‘ Epulario, or the Italian Bouquet,” printed in 
